From breakdancing to skateboarding, the 7 alternative Olympic sports medal-hungry Brits will be hoping to dominate

THERE will be a whole host of different sports on the starting blocks when the Paris Olympics begins on Friday.

Across 18 days of competition, 329 medal events will take place.

But when the first modern games were held in Athens in 1896, there were only medals in 43 events.

This year’s Games sees Breaking (Break Dance) being added to the Olympic line-up, while Skateboarding has been approved to return after first...